I haven’t heard that song in years (decades even), and I hadn’t even been thinking of Alice Cooper lately at all. The last time I actually heard some Alice Cooper was when I listened to the remastered edition of Welcome To My Nightmare about eight months ago. So why the “Ubangi Stomp”? It’s not on Welcome To My Nightmare, it’s on Lace And Whisky. Huh?

The more I think about it, the more I think the human brain is an incredible thing. Baffling, but incredible.

By the way, now that I’ve heard the song again after not hearing it for a couple of decades I must admit that I don’t think it’s a very good effort from Monsieur Coupiere.

At the end of my Procol Harum Quest™ I’ll be in a better position to say whether I’ll be thanking Mr. Simels, or shaking my head in disbelief and saying “Oh, Steve, why did I ever read that post of yours?”.

But in the meantime, one of the Procol Harum songs I hadn’t heard before but have now (thanks, Internet!) is “Homburg“. Here’s how the verse starts: